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thomas-van-pelt
Peruvian
I'm not lying about a lack of chemistry And Though I'm pretty good at math  There is never enough time to calculate the wreckage we left behind. I drink to impress you And it doesn't quite ****** the blue ribbon And I crack my knuckles because it grosses you out But it's for the reaction. And though we smiled and played the piano on the wrong sides it was still a melodic start that boiled into the frantic. We were so drunk we couldn't climb to the roof so we jumped out the window. John Berrymore wouldve been so proud we didn't break our crowns. And I'm here now reading infront of you  Fighting back a yawn pretending it's laughter.
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Nov 23, 2012
Nov 23, 2012 at 9:33 PM UTC
The Breaks
Does this matter? This horridly confident walk birthed from the wide open black mouth. And the bellies of frogs painted across the damp stretch. Look not on my fur my sleek winding back- My claws are sharp. My, my, my, my am I not vile enough? We'd beckon to the night and its surrendered kisses- Black! Black feline tarts, free yourself, dig your members deep into the...
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Nov 18, 2012
Nov 18, 2012 at 11:10 PM UTC
Black Cat in the Swamp of Morning
I have tried so hard to remain in my particular status, duly occupied and irreverently busy. So that now I am tired; cracking like dry mud. Or like a shattered pane of glass I am spread out along the street, Being carefully stepped over waiting to be swept away.
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Nov 20, 2011
Nov 20, 2011 at 1:29 AM UTC
Untitled
Small spaces find me, swallowed up and tangled like a trellis. Fingers crossed and tongue-tied, by an infinitesimal universe.
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Nov 20, 2011
Nov 20, 2011 at 1:18 AM UTC
Stuck
I cannot drive a stick but I can drive a nail into the heart of a poem.
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Jul 11, 2010
Jul 11, 2010 at 5:26 PM UTC
Nails